Sign the Petition to

The Snack Food 20

Earning my dollars comes with earning my trust.

I have always expected your company to act with integrity by ensuring that the ingredients you use in your products are produced responsibly.

It greatly concerns me that your company cannot guarantee that the palm oil you are using is not connected to ongoing deforestation, human rights violations, child and forced labor, increased climate emissions, and the plight of endangered orangutans.

Orangutans are being driven towards extinction, forest-dependent communities are losing their customary lands, forced and child labor practices are widespread, and our climate is threatened by continued acceptance of conflict palm oil.

The time for bold action has arrived. Your company must demand responsible palm oil from its suppliers and eliminate conflict palm oil contamination of its products.

I encourage you to secure a new global responsible palm oil procurement policy and implementation plan that ensures that the palm oil in your company’s supply chain is fully traceable, legally grown, and sourced from verified responsible palm oil producers not associated with deforestation, expansion onto carbon-rich peatlands or human and labor rights violations.

How this will help

In rainforests half a world away from the United States, orangutans are making their last stand for survival. Scientists warn that these gentle and intelligent animals, among humankind's closest kin, could become extinct within our lifetime if their rainforest homes continue to be destroyed for palm oil plantations. But the primary threat pushing them toward extinction lies much closer to home than you may think: you'll find it hidden in the snack food aisle of your local grocery store, and likely in your own shopping cart.

RAN 's carefully selected "Snack Food 20" group of companies are named here publicly for the first time. This report assesses the palm oil purchasing commitments and policies of each of these influential corporations and spells out the critical role they have in reforming the destructive practices widely associated with palm oil production.

While some companies are beginning to take steps to address their palm oil problem, none have yet adopted and fully implemented adequate safeguards to eliminate conflict palm oil from entering their supply chains and contaminating their products. These big, global food companies have the power, through their supply chains, to drive a transformation in the way palm oil is now commonly produced. Increased consumer and citizen pressure on these companies is a key ingredient for success.

Working together with our families, friends, and allies, we will hold these companies to account and push them to eliminate conflict palm oil from their products. We will work with them to adopt and implement responsible palm oil procurement policies that ensure the palm oil they buy is not associated with deforestation, child or forced labor, plantation expansion on carbon-rich peatlands, or violations of forest-dependent communities' rights.

The fate of the orangutan, forest peoples, and some of the world's most rich and important rainforests hang in the balance.